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.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,853, dated September 23, 1890.

Original application filed July 13, 1889, Serial No,

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit knownthatLIsAAc N. FORBES, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lasting-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relatesgto improvements in various parts of sucha machine, especially in the operating or power mechanism in the sidelasting clamp carriers and levers, and in the table, with a view to simplifying, lightening, and cheapening its construction, while at the same time the convenience and efficiency ot its operation are increased.

My invention consists in those parts and combinations thereof, or their equivalents, which are hereinafter set forth and claimed.

With regard to the sid e-lasting clamps and holders therefor, this application is a division of that filed by me July 13, 1889, Serial No. 317,443.

In order to make myinvention more clearly understood, I have shown in the accompanying drawings means for carrying the same into practical eiiect.

In said drawings, Figure l is an end View, partly in vertical section, of a lasting-machine embodying my invention, the base of the table being broken away. Fig. 2 is a side View, partly in section, of the same. Fig. 3 is abottom plan view, partly in section, of the table. Fig. 4E is a side view, partly in section, of one of the lasting-finger carriers or clamptubes. Fig. 5 shows an end view of the last clamp-piece, a longitudinal section of the same, and a side and outer face view of the end bearing-piece. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the table without the actuating mechanism. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section on line 7 7, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view on line 8 8, Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view on line 9 9, Fig. 3. Fig. 10 is a similar view on line 10 10, Fig. 3. Fig. 1l is a bottom plan view of a portion of the table. Figs. 12, 13, and 14 are edge views of the covering-plate for the same. Fig. 15is a bottom 317,443. Divided and this application tiled December 13, 1889. Serial No.

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plan view of one of the screw sleeves or nuts by which the end levers are actuated. Figs. 1G and 17 are views from the opposite ends of the same. Figs. 18 and 19 are respectively a plan and end View of the other screw sleeve or nut. Fig. 2O is atransverse sectional view, part full, showing a portion of the table and rier-holder. Fig. 21 is an elevation, partly in section, on line 2l 21,F1'g. 20. 'Fig 22 shows, by side and end views, on a larger scale, the stop-screw of the oscillating side-clamp holders. Fig. 23 is an end View, partly broken away, of the lasting-machine table with the mechanism removed. Fig. 2l is a front View, partly broken away, ofthe same. Fig. 25 is a horizontal vsectional View on line 25 25 of Fig. 2a. Fig. 26 is a plan View of a portion of one of the frames which stiften and connect the table-legs and are adapted to sup port the shelves. Fig. 27 is a sectional view of the same. Figs. 28 and 29 are transverse sectional views illustrating different means of stiffening and supporting the shelves.

the various requirements of this machine, both for the support and adjustment of the `Various parts of the frame and mechanism and for the reception of the detachable and interchangeable parts when not in use. The table is provided around its edge with a depending iiange a, transverse arched bearingplates a o', and strengthening-plates a2 a2, situated below the top of the table and within the flange ce, horizontal perforated endclamping flanges a3, joined to the lower edges of iange a and plates a', lateral extensions A A to accommodate and inelose the sidelever mechanism and having depending flanges a4, longitudinal arched bearing-plates a5 between the extensions A and the body of the table and cut away at 0.14, vertically-perforated bearing-bosses a6 a, depending from the top of the table, and eccentrically situated, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, a longitudinal central enlargement al, formed upon the under side of the tabletop and containing the longitudinal T-groove as, a central depending longitudinallyeperforated bearing-bracket a9,

T dbZc.*Referring to the drawings, A indicates the table, designed especially? to meet a modiiied form of side-clamp carrier and car- IOO and longitudinal guides @18. All of these parts are preferably formed by a single casting, although they may consist of several parts bolted together. The table-top is vertically and centrally slotted transversely, as indicated at al @10, and longitudinally, as shown at @11 @11, to admit of the passage and working of the side and end lasting levers. The middle portion of groove a2 is enlarged, asindicated at @12, and the lower and wider part of the same is still further and circularly undercut at @13. A2 A2 indicate the legs of the table. They consist of sheet metal screwed or riveted at their upper ends to the flanges @L15 of castings A, of a width equal to that of the main portion of the table and provided with horizontal perforated top flanges al, which fit and are secured to the under side of flanges a3 by bolts @17. At their lower ends the sheet-metal legs A2 are riveted or screwed to castings A12, which form the basis of the whole structure. At various heights sheetmetal shelves `A2, which have upturned edge flanges @19, are fastened by rivets or screws d20 to the vertical portions of the legs. These shelves serve to hold the interchangeable parts of the machine within convenient reach of the operator, and are so disposed that the desired part may be readily selected.

It is highly important that the operator of each machine have under his absolute control theinterchangeable parts of his machine, not only conveniently arranged and within easy reach, as already mentioned, but so secured that in his absence other workmen may not borrow or abstract these easily portable pieces. This despoiling of a machine is always a source of annoyance and delay, and is sometimes resorted to for the purpose of bringing a particular workman or type of machineinto disrepute. I have therefore provided the working parts of the machine with a substructure, which is in effect a metallic safe, within which the detachable parts of the machine may be not only conveniently but securely stored.

Referring to Figs. 23 to 29, A4 indicates a horizontal frame, which fits between the side flanges 0.32 or vertical portions of the sheetmetal legs A2 and is firmly riveted or screwed to said legs, thereby producing a very rigid though light structure. Upon said frame is supported the lowermost of the shelves A2. In the construction shown the frame A4 is provided with an upwardly-extending flange @21, over which the edges of the said shelf are bent and secured, Fig. 28. Between the edges of the vertical portions of the two opposing legs A2 said frame is provided with a horizontal outwardly-extending flange @31, Fig. 26, the ends of which extend for a short distance `horizontally and longitudinally into the material of the side flanges of the legs, which latter are out away a corresponding distance for lthis purpose. The inner vertical edges of said leg-flanges are bent inward, Fig. 25, to forma recess or rabbet upon both the rear and front of the table, as shown, respectively, at a22 C022, in which rabbets fit a backplate A6, which is permanently secured in place, and a door or doors A7. The latter are hinged at AB and are provided with a lock A9. Around the ends of the frame A4 and filling the space between the frame and the sheet-metal legs is a strip a24, which may be riveted or soldered in place. The interior of the legs is provided with a horizontal supporting-flange c25-one at each end of the table-upon which rests the intermediate shelf A2. As many of such flanges and shelves may be provided as are deemed necessary for the storage of the detachable parts of the machine. The shelves which are carried by the flanges or plates @25 may be of any desired character. As shown in Fig. 29, they may be stificened bystrips or frames A5, around whichthe edges of the shelves are bent. Near their lower ends the edges of the side flanges of the legs are bent inward at @26, forming flanges, which may be curved or arched, as shown in Fig. 24, and which are connected by similarlyshaped transverse plates @27, which are permanently riveted, soldered, or otherwise secured to said flanges. The lower ends of the legs thus formed fit over and around the upwardly-extending flanges a22 of the base-castings A12 and rest upon the shoulders 0,29 of the latter. Screws or bolts may be used for connecting the legs, the back plate, the shelves, and the frame A4 together, and the whole structure thus rendered easily separable for transportation. Rabbets @20 are formed upon or in the depending flanges of the table-top to correspond with the rabbets @22 @23.

B and D indicate, respectively, the heel and toe stands, of any preferred or suitable character, upon which is supported the last C.

E E indicate two yoke and side fulcrum stands mounted at the sides of the table upon the extensions A and secured rigidly in place by vertical bolts e, the heads and nuts of which engage the under side of the table-top and the upper surfaces of the horizontal flanges e of the stands. With said flanges and the outer walls of the stands are cast horizontal transversebearings e2, which are vertically and longitudinally slotted and provided at their outer ends with internally screwthreaded bushings E', which are screwed in place in the stands, Fig. l. Above the flanges e the stands E extend outwardly and upwardly, Fig. l, being U-shaped in horizontal cross-section, with the open or concave side inward, and upon their tops are mounted posts E2 E2. The former constitutes a vertical pivot, upon which fit sleeves f f of the hinge-piece F of the head-yoke F, which sleeves rest upon the flange e5 of the post, and are engaged by a nut e, screwed upon the upper end of the post, respectively. The hingepiece has two inwardly-extending ears f2, between which the yoke F fits, and on which it is mounted by means of a horizontal hingepin f2, which fits both of the parts neatly, and

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by a 4stop-pin or bolt f4, which fits neatly the ears of the hinge-piece and engages a slot f5, formed from pinfs as a center in the yoke F.

F2 is a plate-spring mounted between the ears f2 on a pin f6, engaging by its free end a notch f7 in the yoke and bearing between its ends and by its inner face against a pin f8. These parts are so adjusted that the spring F2 has the necessary t-ension to lift the yoke F with its head and pliers, (when the latter are disengaged from the upper,) oscillating the yoke upon pin f2 upward and outward until the inner end of slot f strikes the stoppin f4. Vhen thus lifted, the yoke with its head may be easily swung upon post E2from over the last to the position indicated in Figs. l and 2, thus aifording ready access for securing the upper and removing the lasted shoe. The severe lifting strain imposed upon the workman by the ordinary upwardly-lifting r turning head is thus entirely obviated.

G is the downhold, comprising a head g, adapted to rest upon the inner sole and swiveled upon a screw-threaded stem g. The latter engages and is vertically adjustable in a bracket G', which latter has a journal g3 titting a vertical bearing fl in the arch f17 of the head-yoke, where it is secured by a nut g4.

Head-The pliers K are preferably so constructed and supported that after they have been engaged with the edge of the upper they may all be raised at once by crank I to draw the upper tightly over the last; butany suitable form of plier and supporting and operating devices therefor may be employed.

EndJast/ng devices.-The upper having been stretched and drawn up properly over the last in a well-known manner, the lasting devices or clamps begin their operation. l will now describe my improvements in these parts of the machine and in the means whereby they are supported and actuated.

N N represent the heel and toe lasting clamp-stands, provided at their bases with T- bolts 01 adapted to lit the table-groove d8, and with nuts n', engaging said bolts, by which the stands may be rigidly secured in place when properly adj usted. Except for extreme sizes of last, these stands will not require to be moved. At their upper ends the stands are provided with horizontal longitudinal clamp -bearings n2 n2, adapted to be compressed by hand-screws n2 upon slide bearingsleeves N2 N3, which latter may thus be longitudinally adj usted and securely held.

N4 N4indicate slide-shafts fitting and freely movable endwise within the said sleeves and having near their inner ends vertical mortises n4. At their extreme inner ends the slides are provided with curved clamp-guides n, which are compressible by hand-screws n upon correspondingly-shaped curved slides N5. The latter are provided with inwardlyextending perforated ears nl, between which are mounted the heeland toe lasting jaws N6 N7, hinged on pins n2, which pass through the perforations of the ears W7 and through bearings in the jaws. The slides N5 are circularly adjustable in vertical longitudinal planes in the clamp-guides 715 to adapt the end jaws to the forward and rearward slants of the bottom of the'last. tending arms nu of the end-lasting jaws are provided with balls '119, which are connected with stationary balls n10, rigidly secured to the sleeves N2 N2. Links O, provided with suitable sockets for said balls, connect, the arms of the jaws with parts of the machine which are thus stationary. Vhen, therefore, the jaws are by slides N4 bodily moved inward, they are caused to simultaneously close by reason of their arms being held back by the said links O.

P P are the end levers, which actuate the slides N4 and give to the end-lasting jaws the movements already described. Said levers are mounted and turn upon horizontal transverse fulcrum-pinsp, and at both their upper and lower ends are formed with circular eyes 10'172192- of the two forks p8 of the lower end of the lever and fit and turn in socketed side pieces p2, with which they are also connected by central pins p4, and said side pieces fit neatly and are adapted to slide vertically in lateral recesses s of the slide-nuts S S', thus forming combined slide hinge-j 0in ts P2. The eyes 79 above the table have similar joints P with the mortises n4 of slides N4. The fulcrumpins p are carried by the vertically-forked inner ends P3 of longitudinally-adjustable end fulcrum-shafts P4, mounted in bearings N8, formed in the stands N N. In the outer portions of the stands are screwed internallythreaded bushings N9, within which fit correspondingly-threaded screw-sleeves P5, provided wit-h external milled heads or handles p5. NVithin these sleeves neatly tit the outwardly-extending stems p6 of the shafts P4, which are held from inward movement from the sleeves by nuts P4, engaging the threaded ends of said stems and abutting against the outer faces of the sleeves P5. It will thus be seen that the end-lever fulcrums may be readily adjusted to suit the len Oth of last by turning the sleeves P5, the shafts P4 being prevented from turning by the engagement of the end levers with their forked ends P2. During this adjustment the screws n2 are loosened.

Side-lasting devices and ctotucttng mechanism-The side-lasting clamp-levers are shown at R. They are mounted upon fulcrum-pins r, carried by slide-shafts R, the latter being mounted in the bearings e2 of the side stands E and adjustable by means of sleeves R2 engaging the shafts R. and screwing in the bushings E in a manner substantially similar to that already described in connection with the end levers. At their lower ends, below the table, side levers R are provided with slide hinge-joints R2, by means" of which they connect with the mortises q of transverse slide-shafts Q Q. These shafts The outwardly-ex- The eyes 192 are formed upon each .9o

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are supported near their inner ends in bearing-bushings q', screwed or driven into the plates a5 and at their outer ends in tubular inclosed bearings Q6, fitted in the outer flange 0.4 and secured by nuts cf. The slide hingejoints are formed by socket-pieces fr', which fit around the eye r2 of the lever, with which they are also connected by pins r3, and fit and slide vertically in said mortises q. The nuts S S, already referred to, arev engaged by right and left threads S2 S3, formed on a longitudinal power-shaft S4, the outer ends of which are mounted in bearing-tubes s2 s3, fitted into the end flanges a a of the table and clamped in place by nuts s4. Said shaft is further supported at. the middle and held from endwise movement by being made in two parts screwed and pinned together, one of which has a journal S5, mounted in the bracket a", and a boss s6 and screw-threaded stem 87, which fit in the other part of the shaft. The bushing or bearing s2 is provided with a set-screw S8, which bears against the end of shaft S4 or against an interposed washer or packing, and is adapted to take up end-play. An oil-hole s, formed inthe screw 38, and a similar hole 315, formed in the other end of the shaft, enable both end bearings of the shaft to be readily lubricated. The slidenut S is formed with lateral ears s on each side thereof, which carry hinge-pins 31. The latter engage eyes in the ends of links S5, which extend horizontally inward by the sides of shaft S4 to a point where, by pins s, they are hinged to the lateral arms of an` gle-levers S6 by pins $12. At their angles these levers are fulcrumed by bolts S13 to t-he lower ends of bosses a, and their longitudinal arms extend inward to points in line with the transverse slide-shafts Q, to which they are connected by links Q. It will therefore be seen that when the power-shaft S4 is rotated in the proper direction (to the right in Fig. 3) the parts connected directly and indirectly therewith will be moved in the directions indicated by the arrows in said figure. The lower ends of both the side and end levers will be forced outward, and their upper ends, carrying the lasting-clamps, swing inward toward the last and force the clamps against the upper, which at such time will be held by the pliers. By arranging the powershaft longitudinally, as thus shown, it is more readily manipulated by the crank S7, permitting the operator to assume such position at the sideof the machine and close to its vertical line or axis that he may at the same time conveniently reach and turn the crank Lwhich lifts and lowers the head. This is of importance, for as the lasting devices are forced inward against the upper the strain on the latter is slightly eased o by sim ultaneously lowering the head, thus obtainin g a most perfect lasting of the upper without injury to it.

Near their upper ends the side levers R are provided each with a transverse flange r4,

above which the lever is continued in the form of a short screw-threaded stem r5, upon which is screwed a hollow socket-piece T. The latter is then for greatersecurity fastened by atransverse pin t, Figs. 1, 20, and 2l, which also holds in position an external sleeve T inclosing the lower cylindrical extension t of the said socket-piece. On the inner side the said extension and sleeve are perforated, as shown at t2, and at 153153, just above sleeve T the extension z. is perforated through both the inner and outer sides. In line with the perforations t3 is situated a Screw stop-pin u, (shown separately in Fig. 22,)

mounted and adjustable in the extension u of the oscillatory holder U, also hollow. The length of the pin is equal to the external diameter of the extension t. The upper part of the holder forms a hemispherical inner socketpiece u2, which fits accurately in a correspondingly shaped portion t4 of the outer piece T, and is secured in place and permitted to oscillate only in the transverse plane of the machine by hinge-boltst5155, Fig. 2l, which pass through and have bearings in the sides of the socket t4 and screw into the sides of the inner piece u2. A spring U', held at its upper end in a split tapered plug a3, driven into a tapered hole in the hollow cylindrical extension u and situated within said extension, bears at its lower free end against the inner end of a pin 156, which is screwed or otherwise secured in the wall of the outer side of extension t', projecting inward through a perforation in the outer side of extension u into the interior of the latter. The tension of the spring U is such that it will always tend to force the lower end of the holder U inward and its upper end outward relative to the socket-piece T, thus elevating the inner ends or edges of the side-lasting clamps V, which are carried by said holder. In this position said lasting devices will pass inward over the edge of the last at a height just above the top surface of the inner sole. Having passed the edge of the latter, the clamps V are depressed tightly against the upper, moving at the same time slightlyinward,and the lasting operation proper ,will be finished and the upper ready to be tacked or cemented in place. During this action of the lasting devices the head and pliers may be lowered slightly to yield a little of the upper to the lasting-clamps and prevent tearing of the material, the operator for this purpose easing off the crank I with his left hand, while with his right he rotates the power-crank S7. The said depression of the side clamps is effected by stop screws W XV, mounted and horizontally adjustable in eyes w w and situated in line with the perforations t2, so that when the side levers are near the limit of their inward movement the outer ends of said screws will enter the perforations and arrest the extensions u, Fig. l. The eyes w are carried by a Y-frame W, the lower portion of which is a cylindrical journal fw', vertically mounted and IOO IIO

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swiveling in a bearing-sleeve VQ. The latter has at its bottom a T-head to2, adapted to pass down through the enlargement 0,12 of the table-groove and, whenturned crosswise,to It is then clamped in place by a nut w3, which engages a thread on the sleeve and bears against a washer w4,which in turn rests upon the top surface of the table, Figs. l and 20.

The holder U is provided with an internal helnispherical socket, which is completed and adapted to form one member of a ball-andsocket joint by a screw-plug U2, suitably concaved on its inner face and screwedinto the upper end of the holder. Within the socket thus formed are situated two hemispherical clamping-pieces U3, between which and half in each is formed a cylindrical clamp-bearing a5, adapted to receive the shank V of the side-clamp carrier. The latter may be formed with its shank substantially vertical or in line with the side lever, Fig. l, or with the shank at right angles to the lever, Fig. 20, and therefore the clamping-pieces U3 will be correspondingly arranged with their bearings a5 in line with the shank V. The clamping- `pieces are forced together and upon the shank V by means of a set-screw V4, which passes through and engages the holder or a portion thereof, either horizontally, as in Fig. l, or vertically, as in Fig. 20. In the former case the outer socket-piece T is provided with an aperture t7 on its outer side to accommodate the set-screw. In the latter case the part of the holder engaged directly by the threads of the screw V4 will be the plug U2. If desired, a bearing-piece u, Fig. 20, may be interposed between the screw U4 and the clamping-piece U3 to give a wider bearing on and obviate any tendency to turn the latter.

U5, Fig. l, is a screw engaging the holdersocket and projecting at its inner end into a recess ul, larger than the screw,which isformed in one of the clamping-pieces U3. This screw prevents the clamp-bearing a5. from being `twisted away from .the opening in the holder through which the shank V enters. In Fig. 2O a similar office is performed by the upper end as of plug a3.

It will be seen that by the parts described lthe side-lasting clamps are so mounted as to beuniversally adjustable in any direction Within limits ample for the purpose, and can therefore be readily fixed in exactly the position necessary for their proper operation relative to the last. "While so adjusting the clamps, they are brought'forward against the last and 'should be rigidupon their levers.

'The stop-pin u, already referred to, is provided for this purpose, and is designed to act in conjunction with a sleeve T3, which encircles the extension t below a iiange t8 and resting on the upper end of the fixed sleeve T. While thus held in position vertically opposite to the pin a, the sleeve T3 may be `readily rotated to bring its solid portion Aagainst the ends of said pin or to bring in line with the same the openings if. In the latter case the holder U may oscillate freely. In the former it will be rigidly held. The upper edge of the'sleeve T3 is out away for about a quarter of a circle, forming a recess at t, the ends ot which are engaged by a pin 151, driven into the extension t. In order that the iingers V2 of the sidelasting clamps may lie substantially horizontal when ther 'side levers are at the inner limit of their throw, I y

provide for mounting said fingers at an obtuse angle to the shank V. Such obtuse angle is well seen in Figs. 1 and 20. In Fig. l the relation of the parts is such that the obtuse angle is necessarily between the upper sides of the lingers and shank, while in Fig. 2O the construction is such that said obtuse angle is between the lower sides of the fingers and the inner side of the shank.

IVith the actuating mechanism and with the sidelasting levers and holders above described other lasting-clamps than those herein shown and about to be described may be employed, as will be readily understood., without losing any of the advantages which are atupon its outer side, with apertures t of larger` diameter than the shanks or stems u of the lasting-fingers and adapted to permit the env trance of said stems. Vithin said tube'(which latter may obviously be made in theform of a partly-open frame) are situated a number of separate clamping-pieces c2, Fig. 4f, which are provided between the contiguous faces of each pair with cylindrical bearings 23,onehalf of the bearing being formed in each clamping-piece. Said bearings are situated opposite to or in line with the openings n, so as to be adapted to receive the stemsfvwhich latter they are shaped to fit. The clampingpieces areadapted to be slightly moved or pressed longitudinally in the tube V5, being confined at one end by a screw or plug V6 and being engaged at the other end by a clamping-screw V7. The latter preferably operates through the medium of a bearing-piece o,

which is provided on its outer face with a concavity o5, within which fits a corresponding convex portion of the screw V7, Figs. 4 and 5. Said bearing-piece is mounted within a socket fui, formed in the outer face of an end clamping-piece o7, and it will thus be seen that when the lasting-iingers have all been properly adj usted they may be simultaneously rigidly clamped by turning up the screw V7. In order to prevent any tendencyto twist the clampving-pieces, so that their bearings fus will be turned out of line with the openings c, the

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end clamping-piece o7 is provided with one or more longitudinal grooves p8, which are engaged by corresponding pins r9, screwed or driven through the tube or frame and projecting attheir inner ends into the said groove or grooves.

The lower side of the extensions A is inclosed by a plate A10, Figs. ll to 14, which is secured in place by screws A11 and provided with vertical fianges A12, which fit in and close the lower parts of the openings a, in which the ends of the angle-levers S6 play. The operating mechanism is thus inclosed and protected from dust and dirt.

In adapting the machine to operate in conjunction with the particular shape and size of last which is to be employed the operation is as follows, referring especially to Fig. l: The lasting devices being in the position in which they were left at the close of the previous lasting operation--that is to say, away from the last-the new last, having the insole and upper in place thereon, is placed upon the heel and toe stands. By means of the various adjusting devices with which the latter are provided the last is then brought into line with the end clamps and raised or lowered, as may be necessary, to the proper height relative thereto. During these adj ustments of the last'the lasting devices may by meansof the power mechanism be caused to approach the last in order that the proper' position of the same may be accurately determined. The clamp-screws n3 having been slackened, the power-shaft S4 is turned to cause the end clamps toabut against the ends of the last, this result being aided (in case of much variation in the lengths of the previous and present lasts) by turning the end fulcrum-screws P5 and in extreme cases adjusting the end stands N N in the groove a8. The sleeves N2.N3 are then adjusted longitudinally in their bearings n2 to such points that the end-lasting jaws N6 N 7 will assume their closed position, whereupon the bearings 'a2 will bel caused to rigidly secure the sleeves N 2 N3 by means of said screws n3. A pair of side-lasting clamp carriers having a set of .lasting-fingers are then placed in position vupon the side levers with their shanks inserted in the bearings The sleeve T3 having been turned, so as to engage both ends of the stop-pin u, so as to prevent the oscillation of the holder U, the operative ends or edges of the lasting-fingers are (by the power mechanism) brought approximately into contact with the upper, the screws V7 are loosened, and the lasting-fingers are then adjusted accurately to the last by twisting their shanks yin, the bearings b3 and by oscillating the yclamps or pieces o2 in the carrier, the carrier as a Whole having been adjusted by turning -its shank in the bearing a5 and the clampingpieces U5l in their spherical socket. The carrier is rigidly secured by the screw V4, and the individual lasting-fingers are simultaneously clamped when satisfactorily adjusted by means of the screw V7; By the combined operation ofthe power mechanism, of the side fulcrum-screws B2, and of the stop-screws W the parts are brought into such relative positions that when the nuts S S are in their outermost position abutted against the bushings or tubes S2 .S3 the operative edges of the side-lasting clamps are in their final innermost position, with the screws IV engaged with the lower ends of the holders and with the upper suitably stretched and lasted The lastingclamps being now retracted by the power mechanism and the sleeves T3 being so turned as to permit the oscillation of the holders, the machine will be ready for any desired number of successive lasting operations in conjunction with the last for which the machine has been adjusted, as above described.

It will be noted that the inner ends of' the bushings or bearing-tubes s2 s3 serve as positive stops, which limit the inward movements of the lasting devices beyond a certain point, thus preventing the possibility of injury to the upper or to the last.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. In a lasting-machine, an adjustable lastin g-finger carrier having a series of clampingpieces bearing one against the other and adapted to receive and hold a plurality of adjustable lasting-fingers and provided with a shank at an obtuse angle to the bearings for said fingers and with means for forcing said pieces against one another and against the finger-shank, substantially as set forth.

2. In a lasting-machine, a finger-carrier consisting of a cylindrical tube, a plurality of separate bearing-pieces mounted and adapted to be turned within the tube to adjust the fingers, an end screw for forcing together the clamping-pieces, and means whereby the end clamping piece is Y prevented from being turned by the action of said screw, substantially as set forth. v

3. In a lasting-machine, the combination,y

with the carrier-tube V5, of the clampingpieces v2, provided with bearings v3, an end clamping-piece o7, having a sliding connection with said tube and held from turning therein,

a clamping-screw V7, fingers V2, and means v for supporting and actuating the carrier, substantially as set forth.

4t. In a lasting-machine, the combination, with the side levers, of holders mounted and carried upon the upper ends of the levers and having universal clamp-joints, a carrier tube or frame adapted to be mounted and secured in and by the parts of said joint, separate clamping-pieces fitting said carrier and adapted to receive separate lasting-fingers, and means for forcing said clamping-pieces together, substantially as set forth.

5. In a lasting-machine, the combination, with the side levers, of lasting-finger carriers IOO IIO

mounted upon and carried by the free ends of said levers, clamping-pieces fitting said car= riers and adaptedto receive separate lastingfingers, and means for forcing said clampingpieces together, substantially as set forth.

6. In a lasting-machine, the combination, with the side levers, of oscillating holders `mounted upon their free ends, stops for arresting and causing the oscillation of said holders, a lasting-finger carrier mounted in the holder, and separate bearing-pieces mounted in the carrier and adapted to secure separate lasting-fingers, substantially as set forth.

7. In a lasting-machine, the combination, with the side and end levers, of a longitudi nal screw-shaft provided with right and left hand threads, nuts engaging said threads and connected with the lower ends of the end levers, transverse slide-shafts connected with the lower ends of the side levers, and connections between said transverse shafts and said longitudinal power-shaft, substantially as setforth.

8. In a lasting-machine, the combination, with the side and end levers, of a longitudinal rotary power-shaft having right and left screw-threads, nuts engaging said threads, slide hinge-joints connecting the end levers with said nuts, transverse shafts or slides, slide hinge-joints connecting said slides with the side levers, and angle-levers connected with said transverse slides and with one of the screw-threads of said power-shaft, substantially as set forth.

9. The support for the herein-described lasting-machine, comprising the lateral eXtensions A', the longitudinal bearing-plates a5, the transverse bearing-plates a', the central bearing bracket a9, and the longitudinal guides als, having the longitudinal T-groove as, longitudinal slots all, and the transverse slots am, substantially as set forth.

10. The support for the herein-described lasting-machine, comprising the top, the rigid anged pieces A, adapted to be bolted thereto, the sheet-metal legs A2, having the side flanges u32 and secured to said pieces, the connecting-frame A4, the back plate A6, the doors A7, hinged on said flanges, and the bases A12,

fitting the lower ends of said legs, substantially as set forth.

l1. The support for the l1erein-described lasting-machine, comprising the combination, with the rigid top, of the sheet-metal legs A2, having side flanges L32 and connected with the top, shelves A3, having upwardly-turned edges am and secured within and stiffening and connecting said legs, a plate closing the back of the table, and a hinged door or doors adapted to close the front of the table between said leg-flanges, substantially as set forth.

12. The support for the herein-described lasting-machine table, comprising the combination, with the rigid top, of the sheet-metal legs connected therewith and having the vertical side iianges L32 and the vertical rabbets @L22 @23, shelves fitting within and connecting said legs, a back plate fitting within the rabbet ci, and a door or doors fitting within Said rabbet L23 and adapted to close the space at the front of the table between the leg-flanges,

substantially as set forth.

13. In a lasting-machine, the combination, with the lasting devices or clamps, of a longitudinal screw power-shaft provided .at its end with a hand wheel or crank, connections between said clamps and shaft, a verticallymovable head provided with lasting-pliers, and a horizontally-rotating hand wheel or crank adapted to lower said head, whereby the operator While turning the former crank may stand at the side of the machine and close to its vertical axis and to the head-lowering crank, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC N. FORBES. Witnesses:

I-I. N. Low, E. K. STURTEVANT. 

